Mission

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The Idaho Foodbank in an efficient and caring manner, provides food, information, and supportive services to hungry people through partnerships with nonprofit agencies, the food industry, government, volunteers, corporations, and individuals by serving as a central clearinghouse for donated and purchased food. The Foodbank has three central points in Idaho where donated food and merchandise is collected: Boise, Lewiston, and Pocatello. The food is than distributed to non-profit feeding programs.

Mission

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The Idaho Foodbank in an efficient and caring manner, provides food, information, and supportive services to hungry people through partnerships with nonprofit agencies, the food industry, government, volunteers, corporations, and individuals by serving as a central clearinghouse for donated and purchased food. The Foodbank has three central points in Idaho where donated food and merchandise is collected: Boise, Lewiston, and Pocatello. The food is than distributed to non-profit feeding programs.

Impact Information

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Impact Information

This charity has reported a measure of cost-effectiveness: how much impact (per dollar) your donation will have on the charity's social outcome.
The cost-effectiveness calculation was performed using protocols developed by ImpactMatters, an independent auditor of philanthropic impact.

Impact assessments of food distribution programs are based on the cost of a meal relative to the cost that a food-secure person incurs to buy a meal in that county. Programs receive a 5/5 assessment if they are less than 75% the cost of a meal and a 4/5 assessment if they are less than 125%. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the threshold for cost-effectiveness, it earns a 3/5 assessment.

Methodology

ImpactMatters analyzed publicly available data to rate the cost-effectiveness of Idaho Foodbank.

Data Source

Outcome data collected during the program. Idaho Foodbank publicly reports the amount of food it provides.

Method for Attributing Outcomes

We assume that the distribution of a meal from one nonprofit's food distribution program does not diminish the amount of food distributed by any other (neighboring) food distribution program. This “counterfactual” assumption about the amount of food distributed in the absence of Idaho Foodbank’s food distribution program implies that the benefit of a meal to a beneficiary in need constitutes a net gain; the gain is not offset by reductions in food provided to other beneficiaries in need. We therefore set the counterfactual to zero.

Details

Analysis conducted by ImpactMatters and published on November 22, 2019.

Few charities provide estimates of cost-effectiveness, but the measure is exactly what discerning donors need to
make effective decisions about spending their philanthropic dollars. This charity has estimated cost-effectiveness using either
the Guided Impact Reporting (G.I.R.) free app created by ImpactMatters or by undergoing a rigorous audit of its impact by ImpactMatters.
The G.I.R. app guides the charity through a tightly scripted series of questions that generate an estimate of cost-effectiveness.
The protocol takes all due account of estimates of counterfactual successes and other dictates of social science.
Impact audits provide expert independent assessment of the charity's cost-effectiveness and evidence of effectiveness.

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This impact information is current as of April 2020, when it was provided to us by ImpactMatters.
At this time, Impact information published on this organization's page has no effect on its rating per our methodology.

Financial Charts

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Programs (FYE 04/2018)

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Program names and associated costs are listed for the top programs as reported on the charity's most recently filed Form 990. The top programs displayed will include the largest three programs, or those programs covering at least 60% of the charity's total expenses, whichever comes first.